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  • Courtnie Paschall
    For Courtnie Paschall (Neuro, ElEngr’15), working on a drug trial for patients with schizophrenia while applying to 20 MD-PhD programs counts as light duty.
  • classroom at  Boulder
    Doctors may be able to quickly and inexpensively isolate cancer cells to better target the disease with a new device patented by five -Boulder seniors and Wilbur Franklin, a Cancer Center researcher.
  • Joaquin Espinosa
    Ask Joaquin Espinosa what he sees as the key to curing cancer, and he answers with a blend of ancient Chinese philosophy and cutting-edge genetics.
  • brain illustration
    How severe is your pain? A -Boulder professor’s breakthrough provides a scientific means to measure pain.
  • illustration of weight dreams
    Did you know losing sleep leads to weight gain? Integrative physiology associate professor Kenneth Wright Jr.’s research reveals why.
  • Grand canyon
    Imagine discovering your birth date was 65 million years earlier than you thought. This is the predicament the Grand Canyon is in, thanks to assistant professor Rebecca Flowers and her team.
  • ding xue
    Professor Ding Xue and his team's discovery may lead to the development of medicine to treat the deadly hepatitis B virus that affects millions across the globe
  • scavenger hunt in woods
    What do you get when you pair adventurers with scientists? A better understanding of everything from grizzlies to ice worms.
  • dick jessor
    In 1951 professor Dick Jessor arrived in Boulder expecting to “slum for awhile before moving to civilization on either the West or East Coast.” Instead he founded the university’s Institute of Behavioral Science and stayed for six decades.
  • photo of mars
    Mars may have been home to an ocean and microbial life, according to scientists Brian Hynek and Gaetano Di Achille.
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